UPCOMING CAMPUS EVENTS

Mark your calendars for Friday-Sunday, October 10 to 12, 2008 for a weekend of informative panels, classes without quizzes offering MCLE credits, and fun special events. This year we will be honoring the Classes of 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003 with reunion specific events. Check out the Look Who's Coming website to see who is currently planning to attend Alumni Weekend 2008.

On October 24 and 25, a group of distinguished scholars in law, sociology, and political science, joined by several equally distinguished journalists, will gather to discuss Richard Thompson Ford's compelling and controversial book, The Race Card: How Bluffing about Race Makes Race Relations Worse.

Some discussions will center both on particular claims that Professor Ford has made in the book, for instance, claims about what it means to "play the race card" or why it might be best to think of a world in which racism can flourish without racists.

At the same time, we expect vigorous panel discussions focused on a number of more general themes, suggested directly or indirectly by Professor Ford's work: What is the ideal civil rights agenda for the 21st century? What scope should anti-discrimination law have, and how significant will it be to the properly defined civil rights struggle? When is it helpful (or harmful) to extend civil rights protections historically available to African-Americans to other groups? What role (constructive or otherwise) the media played in defining the "race problem" in America?

UPCOMING REGIONAL EVENTS

Join us for an evening reception and discussion with Barbara Babcock, Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita at Stanford Law School. Professor Babcock is known nationwide for her research into the history of women in the legal profession and, in particular, for her research into the life of Clara Shortridge Foltz, California's pioneering female lawyer and inventor of the public defender.

Join us for an intensive two-day program for general counsels of publicly traded and private corporations and other senior level in-house lawyers. The program will bring together leading GCs, other senior in-house attorneys, CEOs, jurists, scholars, regulators and outside counsel at The Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

STANFORD LAW SOCIETY OF SEATTLE
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., The Home of Kim and Alex Alben '84 (BA '80)

Ever wonder which wines work best with a Thanksgiving meal? Want to impress your friends and colleagues by bringing the perfect bottle of wine to their home?

The Law Society of Seattle invites you to a wine tasting and food pairing event at the home of Kim and Alex Alben. Join Larry Stapleton, Vintner from Walla Walla's Five Zero Nine Wine Company, for a tasting and lecture on enology and have him answer all of your viticulture questions!

This will be a great opportunity to meet recent law graduates and plan SLS events for 2009!